Padlock hasp device



- P. FRANTz PADLOGK HASP DEVICE Filed Dec. 11. 1924 Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. V

PETER FRANTZ, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANIZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F STERLING, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PADLOCK IIASP DEVICE.

Application filed December 11, 1924. Serial No. 755,163.

This invention relates to means for latching and locking doors or windows or other similar closures, and more particularly to latching or locking devices which employ padlocks for this purpose.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction whereby the door can be posi' tively latched, and readily unlatched, by av hasp device intended for use in connection with a padlock, when the padlock is not employed, whereby the door will be positively held in closed position when the padlock is not inserted in position against the hasp.

It is also an object to provide certain details andfeatures and contructions and combinations tending to increase the general eiliciency and desirability of a door or window or other closure latching and locking device of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a latching and locking device embodying the principles of the invention, showing a ,fragment of the door or window frame to which the same is applied, and showing the hasp of the device in open or unlatching position.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1, showing the hasp in its operative or latching position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of one vportion of said device.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of another portion of said device.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the device having a slightly different construction, showing another form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 6-6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing another form of the invention.

As thus illustrated, the door or other closure 1 may be supported on hinges, or in any suitable or ordinary manner, adapted to be brought into closed position adjacentthe door ,frame 2, of any suitable character.

A hasp plate 3 is secured to the face of the door by screws 4, or in any suitable manner. The hasp proper 5 is hinged to the plate 3 by a pintle 6 inserted through the pintle bearing 7, so that the hasp is free to swing in a horizontal plane, either toward the door frame 2, or away therefrom v and into position against the face of the door, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Said hasp has a slot 8 as shown, or of any suitable character. A plate 9 is bent into shape to provide a raised portion 10 having a longitudinal slot 11 therein, and this plate is provided with holes 12 for the screws 13 by which the plate 9 is secured in position as shown in the drawings, and secured to the door frame 2 in alignment with, and in the same vertical plane as, the plate 3 previously mentioned. A sliding latch 14 has the function of the` ordinary staple, which is usually employed with an ordinary padlock hasp, to receive the padlock, but this latch piece 14 has the additional function of latching the door in closed position when the padlock is not used. Said latch 14 has a hole 15 for the insertion of the padlock 1G, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In addition, this latch 14 has a beveled edge 17 to be struck by the end edge 18 of the slot 8, previously mentioned. Furthermore, this latch 14 has an overhang or shoulder 19 to extend over the end portion 2O of the hasp 5, previously mentioned, thereby to latch the door in closed position. In order that the latch 14 may slide back and forth in the slot 11, in which it is positioned for this purpose, said latch is provided with a base piece 21 which slides in the space 22 formed by the raised portion 10 of the plate 9, previously mentioned. i

With this construction, therefore, it is obvious that the door will be absolutely locked when the' padlockis inserted in the hole 15, when the padlock is locked, regardless of whether the latch 14 is in position to have itsl shoulderl19 overhang the portion 20 of the hasp, for the padlock will absolutelyy prevent the hasp 5 from leaving the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, this being the position which the hasp assumes, of course, when the dooris locked. However, when the padlock is not used, the latch14 can be caused to slide horizontally in the slot 14, in either direction, thereby to cause its shoulder 19 to overhang the-por tion 20 of the hasp, to merely latch the door in closed position. To open the door,

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the latch 14 is then moved to the lett until the portion is out from under the shoulder 19, and the hinged hasp 5 can then be swung back into position as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

1n Fig. 5 the construction is similar to that previously shown and described, but in this case the slot 23 in the hasp 24 vertical, instead of being horizontal. In addition, therefore, the latch Q5 is disposed in a vertical plane, so that it will extend through the slot 23, the plate 26 which carries the latch being disposed with its slot Q7 vertical, and fastened in this position against the door trame, so that the latch will slide up and down in the slot 23 of the hasp. With this construction, the latch 25 will be pushed upward, when the lower edge of the slot 23 engages the bevel 28 ot the latch, and the latch will then ytall by gravity into latching position, so that its shoulder or overhang 29 will be in the path of the lower portion of the hasp, and thus prevent the latter trom swinging outward. ln Figs. 1 to tinclusive, it will be seen that the end edge 18 can strike the bevel 17, it the latch 1-1 happens to be in latching position, and thereby automatically force the latch to the left and into position to per.l mit the latch to extend through the slot S ol the hasp 5, but in such case the latch 14 will not then automatically assume its latching position.

ln Figs. 5 and 6, the latch may gravitate into latching position, in the manner stated, as the latch 25 slides up and down in the manner shown and described.

1n Fig. 7 the construction is similar to that shown in Figs, 1 to l inclusive, except that the hasp 30 has its slot 31 formed with a raised or cam portion 32 at each end thereof; and, furthermore, the sliding latch member 33 has its shoulder or overhang` 34 termed at au angle to lit either cam 32, so that the latch will be held in operative position, and prevented from being jarred out of this position. lt will be understood, furthermore, that when the slot in the hasp is horizontal, the sliding latch member can engage either end of the slot, and it is tor this reason that the. cams 32 are shown at both ends of the slot 3l, whereby the sliding latch member 33 can be mounted on the door frame in either position, so that its shoulder or overhang 3d will engage either cam 82 at either end ot the slot. lt will be understood, of course, that the hasp 30 will have enough spring in the hinge portion thereof, so that it can be pressed toward the door, thereby to disengage either cam 32 trom the shoulder or overhang of the sliding latch member, when it is desired to open the door.

rllhe hasp 5 covers the screws a and 13, of course, and hence the device cannot be removed when the padlock is used, i'or when the padlock is on and locked the screws are inaccessible.

Vthout disclaiming anything, and without prejudice to any patentable novelty shown and described, what 1 claim as my invention is:

1. In a padlock and hasp device for doors or other closures, the combination oi a swinging hasp, a movable latch member tor engaging the hasp, having a portion torming a catch to hold the hasp in latching position, slidable back and forth in the opening ot the hasp to latch and unlatch the door or other closure, the latch member thereby having an operative posit-ion and an inoperative position, said latch having an opening therein, and a padlock tor insertion in said opening to hold the hasp in position to prevent t-he door or other closure :trom opening, when it is desired to lock the door in closed position, whereby the device is operative to latch the door or other closure in closed position when the padlock is not used.

2, A structure as specilied in claim 1, said latch comprising a member having a beveled edge adjacent said catch, said hasp having a slot one end oit which is adapted to strike said beveled edge, thereby to automatically torce the latch into inoperative position.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1, said hasp having means tor hinging it on a door or other closure, and said latch having means ttor operatively mounting it upon the stationary structure adjacent said door or other closure, whereby the hasp is adapted to be swung back against the tace of the door, or in position to engage the latch, and means to lock the latch against displacement.

1. A structure as specified in claim 1, said latch comprising a member provided with a base piece, in combination with a plate having a slot tor the latch and having a space for said base piece to occupy, together with means for securing said plate on the stationary structure adjacent the door or other closure, lully covered by said hasp.

5. A structure as specified in claim 1, said hasp and latch having interengaging portions to automatically cause the latch to slide into its inoperative position when the hasp is swung into its operative position, and means for locking the latch in its latching position.

G. A structure as specified in claim 1, said hasp having a slot to receive said latch, in which the latch is slidable to latch or unlatch the hasp, said latch having a shoulder to overhang a portion of the hasp adjacent said slot, thereby to latch the door or other closure in closed position.

7 A struct-ure as specified in claim 1, said latch member being' reversible, and said h asp having a slot either end ot which is adapted to cooperate with said member to hold the door in Closed position.

8. A structure as specified in claim l, said hasp having a slot to receive said latch inember, with a raised portion abthe end of the slot;7 and said latch member having a shoulder formed at an angle to engage said raised portion, thereby to retain said ineinber in latehing position.

9. A structure as specified in claim 1, said hasp having a slot with a raised portion at each end thereof, said latch member having a shoulder formed at an angle to engage the raised portion at either end of said slot, said member being reversible and usable in either 1 position to cooperate with either end of said slot to hold the door in closed position.

Speoieation signed this 5 day of December, 1924:.

PETER FRANTZ. 

